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<p>I refer to the attached table which provides by calendar year the volume of passports
issued by each passport office in the UK from 2010 to 2015.</p><p>The number of passports
issued by the Newport office dropped in 2012 and 2013 because it ceased to process
postal applications during this time. Newport then restarted postal passport production
in 2014.</p><p>The number of passports issued by the Glasgow office dropped in 2011
because it also ceased to process postal applications during this time. However, Glasgow
continued to utilise counter staff to process a small number of postal applications
through the subsequent years.</p><br />
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